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DEFEATIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defeatist mean? 

DEFEATIST (noun)
  The noun DEFEATIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestionsplay

  Familiarity information: DEFEATIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEFEATIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

defeatist; negativist

Hypernyms ("defeatist" is a kind of...):

pessimist (a person who expects the worst)

Derivation:

defeat (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

defeat (the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals)

defeatism (acceptance of the inevitability of defeat)


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